The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-01-27
DOINQs Ar THE CAPITOL.
syaOpsis of Yesterdays work In the Lei
IslAtare-A Verdict for Senator White

9yaopsIs of Yesterdays work In the Leg
1slAture-A Verdict for Senator White
The frankie A1OrrlS Case.
TOPEKA, Jan. 21.-The senate this
morning passed the grand jury bill and
the legislAtion appropriation bill. A
large number Of bills were introduced,
when IL adjourned to Monday. In the
house in the morning there was another
deluRe Of municipal suffrage and
Price raid petitions. Twenty-seven bills
were introduced. A favorable report
on the Price raid claims bill was made,
but Q substitute Yves recommended. The
committee on railroads report unfavor-
ably house bill "a to repeal existing laws
relative to voting bonds. The commit
tee on political: rights Of woman re-
ported faVorAbly the house bill 1877. The
elections committee report prima facie
case Of fraud In the FinneY county
contest and are authorized 20 60 to Fin
ney county and investigate. The COM
mittCe on elections goes tomorrow to
Garden City to take testimony in the
celebrated case Of Jones VS.. Myton, and
the committee on penal institutions to
the penitentiary 70 examine that insti-
tuition. H. B. 1877, by Simpson, which
gives the power of appointing railroad
Commissioners, was, after debate, re-
ported favorAbly.
4 VERDICT FOR SENATOR WHITE.
TOPEKA, Jan. 21.-In the district
court Of Rice county Q verdict OF $40, 900
was awarded State Senator White to-day
against W. j. Fuller, 9 lawyer, who
robbed the Rice county safes. The case
has excited good deal Of interest for
some time In western Kansas.
THE FRANKIE MORRIS CASE.
TOPEKA, Jan. 21.-In the tIial of the
Morris insurance case TO- day the three
most Important Witnesses for the plaintiff
were on the, stand, A. A. Hurd, Della
Hurd testified that the plaintiff was
his former wife and that they were d.
p ppocsedins ocSupyiDR but INC one dsys
He denied any connection with
obtaining the insurance except as re-
quested BY Frankie Morris to obtain some
blank. for her MOTHER 70 I'll out:
girl. She testified that 9 bottle
William MMsusnd for MIS-. Poin.
sets. that Frankie took the bottle
which had been previously opened
and poured the beer into two
tee cups, one Of which frankie
drank and the other Poinsett. Both we're
soon after taken sick, Mrs. Morris recov-
ing entirely and her mother getting bet
worse, died in about twenty
days. Frankie testified to about the
same facts. She was still on E stand
when the court adjourned.
TIE LEGISLATURE.
TOPEKA, Jan. 21.-In the senate to
day Senator Marshal introduced q bill
establishing geological survey Of Kan
eas; also bill regulating the time and
manner of payment Of wages by corpor-
atoms and providing for weekly pay
ments.
Senator Kimball's bill 20 fig the maxi
mum Hate Of interest ct 10 per
cent and the minimum ct 8 per cent was
reported fayoEably by the COMMITTEES.
Senator Kirk introduced q bill to pro-
vide for the appointment Of the commits.
sioners to aid the supreme court.
The appropriation bill providing for
| the payment of members and attaches Of
the grand Jury bill passed. The senate
a6journed till O'Clock
In the house Tflton and Trego intro
duced an amendment to the pr0hibitory
law making it more stringent.
GOodgon introduced q bill regulating
he interest Of money.
terms Of ONCE OF state printer, and pay
menf for the work done by him.
Ci0ggt0n introduced bill for the APP
| pointme0t Of three commissioners to Aid
| the supreme court.
Sherman introduced an appropriation
bin for the blind asylum.
Bond obtained unanimous consent to
offer . petition for increased pay for
iurOra Ra0aaa.